One Child Nation

[Marcos Rico]

Nanfu is a brave filmmaker, while working on her previous documentary, Hooligan Sparrow, was detained and interrogated for more than 5 hours ( she was able to secretly film part of her interrogation). Knowing that she would run into deep trouble with Chinese authorities if she was caught filming in China again, Nanfu still went back to China to film this documentary.

In One Child Nation, Nanfu takes us along as she learns and discovers many dark secrets (even within her own family) caused by the One Child policy in China. I was not expecting to such a hard hitting documentary, it completely blew my expectations. I had no idea about the forced abortions, and female sterilization. I was shocked to learn about female infanticides and kidnappings by village officers. I had never made the connection about the relationship between Chinese child adoptions by foreigners and the One Child policy. 

It is a wonderful eye opening documentary, the Q&A with Nanfu made it a even greater experience.